October 2021 Grocery Challenge

Smoosh

I've got a few more spends to declare:

£21.20 on the month's supply of dog food and treats. Would have been less but OH insisted on getting him extra treats!

£3.89 in asda on 2 litres Pepsi max, a stroganoff packet mix and milk. 

First "proper" shop in aldi today. £22.16 on 8 litres fizzy, 2 lamb shanks, 40 dishwasher tablets, orange juice, deodorant, hairspray, sweet chilli sauce, 2 asparagus and emmental parcels, 2.5kg potatoes, 8 wraps, pancetta, tomato puree, broccoli, 5 instant porridge pots, basil, plums and 1 red pepper.

The lamb shanks were almost £6 and definitely not on the list, but OH really wanted them and they'll do him 2 dinners. 

Meal plan as follows:

Breakfasts: porridge, bananas, raisin brioche waffles or pancakes.

Lunches: chicken wraps or focaccias for OH. Houmous and carrot sandwiches, vegan sausage rolls, cheese and onion pasties or vegetable rice for me.

Snacks: crisps, cookies, angel cake, plums, mini cheeses.

Dinners:
1. Veggie sausage and mushroom stroganoff with pasta. 
2. Pumpkin and pine nut filled pasta in a herby butter with a pesto, tomato and mozzarella flatbread.
3. Sourdough toast topped with balsamic tomatoes, mozzarella and basil.
4. Breakfast for dinner - scrambled eggs, cheesy hash browns, baked beans. Veggie sausages for me, pancetta for OH.
5. Halloumi and pepper sweet chilli wraps. 
6. Veggie (Quorn mince) cottage pie.
7. Pie (for me)/lamb (for OH), mash, gravy and veg.

£59.67/£200

About £5 over where I'd like to be, so will try to bring that down for next week. 

Blackcats

Please can I stick with the same budget as September .  The rationale is I did a massive shop at end of august which gave me a head start for September and I've benefited from £37 of vouchers too this month.  I did come in under budget so if I do that again in October I will decrease the November budget

so

£320 for me for October please 

Pixiehouse55

Hi everyone. I'm not going to do a budget for October as I haven't got a clue how it's going to work out in our motor home. I will keep popping in and update you all and to keep an eye on you 🤣😂 
We move out Thursday morning 
love n hugs xx

PipneyJane

Pixiehouse55 said:

Hi everyone. I'm not going to do a budget for October as I haven't got a clue how it's going to work out in our motor home. I will keep popping in and update you all and to keep an eye on you 🤣😂 
We move out Thursday morning 
love n hugs xx

Good luck with the move, @Pixiehouse55.  This week will be tough on you.

Love-n-hugs

- Pip

EriSteadyGo

Please may I join? I’m brand new to the forums and this is exactly something that I need to do. £200 for the month please. My shopping starts on Wednesday when I’ll do a click and collect order from Aldi to pick up on Friday. 

EriSteadyGo

EriSteadyGo said:

Please may I join? I’m brand new to the forums and this is exactly something that I need to do. £200 for the month please. My shopping starts on Wednesday when I’ll do a click and collect order from Aldi to pick up on Friday. 

£200 for the month please. 

(I’m so sorry, forgot to put it in bold and I’m so new that it won’t let me edit yet.)

ancientmum

Hello elsiepac and fellow challengers, please can I set my budget for 1st - 31st October at £70.  I’ll update and carry on in the September thread until then.  

Suffolk_lass

I've done a store-cupboard order to be delivered this week. I need to make sure I have a bit of fuel left and have a hospital appointment in the next town. I already need to edit the order as I forgot dishwasher tabs but reading on here has reminded me. It will be my main shop for October and to make sure, it has gone on my credit card, rather than the debit one.

Herbyme

Suffolk_lass said:

I've done a store-cupboard order to be delivered this week. I need to make sure I have a bit of fuel left and have a hospital appointment in the next town. I already need to edit the order as I forgot dishwasher tabs but reading on here has reminded me. It will be my main shop for October and to make sure, it has gone on my credit card, rather than the debit one.

How does that work with the different cards @Suffolk_lass? Always keen to pinch your ideas 😂 !

boultdj

My month starts from tomorrow, and I'm struggling to get to the £150, so I think I need to try something else and go for

£175

@elsiepatricia

Good luck everyone.